Eating PRO on the go, parts IV, V, and VI

Cookin' skier style!

I'm falling a little behind here... Day four, we had pasta and sauce. Somewhat generic, but skier fodder the night before a long race. Two other girls came over, and they brought some enchiladas they had made, which were a fantastic appetizer. The pasta we cooked in the microwave, about half a box at a time in a big bowl of water. We used small zitis, which were not quite as good as the Annie's shells, but might have been better with some stirring. For the sauce, we microwaved some onions and mushrooms and then threw that in the crockpot with some canned sauce. No pictures, but it worked.

Day five


Chili! We threw a bunch of cans of stuff into the crockpot before leaving for the race today.

2 large cans of tomato chunks (put these in last, until the chili is at a consistency that you like)
1 can black beans
1 can red beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can corn kernels
1/2 white onion
1/2 yellow, red, or orange pepper
1C chopped mushrooms
1/4C chili powder
2 tbs hot sauce

We let that do its thing in the crockpot until we got back, about 6-8 hours. Then we ate it with the leftover corn tortillas from taco night, and some shredded cheese on top. Served 7 hungry skiers (probably 8-9 normal people).

Day Six

We'll call this random night. We ran out of food and wandered into the grocery store, and walked out with some sweet potatoes, bananas, cheese curds, salad dressing, smoked salmon, and two loaves of artisan bread. That fed 7 people for $30, and we hit all the colors of the rainbow when we added a salad topped with beets and chickpeas.

Lunches, snacks, and other munchies


Such a pretty sandwich! hummus, beets, cucumbers, and bean sprouts. The hummus was pretty goopy for this use, but it was delicious.


Annie's Mac and Cheese: an absolute staple.


Vanilla yogurt, walnuts, and banana. Perfect post race food.

Also, lots of Wheat Thins, Cheezits, sesame sticks, dried fruit, fig newtons, nature valley granola bars, carrots and hummus, and soy nuts. Yum!

So, I guess the point of these posts is that you can indeed eat well while living in a hotel room, for a reasonable price. We ended up feeding 6-7 people (sometimes some people went out) for 7 nights for $170. Not too shabby!